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Blowfly

Blowfly Meaning & Definition
Blowfly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blowfly?

[n] large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blowfly: blow fly

Related Terms | Find terms related to Blowfly:

See Also | bluebottle | Calliphora | Calliphora vicina | fly | genus Calliphora | greenbottle | greenbottle fly

Blowfly In Webster's Dictionary

\Blow"fly`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of fly of the genus {Musca} that deposits its eggs or young larv[ae] (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products.

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